Romans 10:8

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;

In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

This day shall be a memorial for you. You shall keep it as a feast to Yahweh. You shall keep it as a feast throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.

It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt.”

Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.

Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

It shall be to you for a fringe, that you may see it, and remember all Yahweh’s commandments, and do them; and that you don’t follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to play the prostitute;

The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”

After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.

But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere.

He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.”

who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”

Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.

‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’

All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins.”

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?